Volume Control
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Basics
This is a small guide for newbies that can not get their sound working when the drivers for the sound device is installed on your Windows based computer.
What is Volume Control?
Volume Control is the software that is based on your sound device that send s the signal to the headphones/speakers. Most Volume Control software is automatically enabled when your sound drivers are correctly installed.
Configuration
Where can I view the Volume Control?
There are a few ways to view your Volume Control, we will discuss the easiest ways to control your sound and getting it to work correctly.
System Task Tray
Under normal settings on Windows 95-Vista the system task tray will be on your bottom right hand side where your time and date is, you will see icons as in the image below:
Control Panel
To access the control panel, you need to click on your start menu on the bottom left hand side of your screen.
Once you click on it the start menu will open up and depending on what you have setup on your computer, the start menu will look like this and you can access the Control Panel via start menu > Control Pannel under windows xp default setup.
Under other Windows installations as 95-2000 you would click on start menu > settings > Control Panel.
Once in the control panel you need to select the icon
QnA
What do I do if I can't hear any sound?
There are a few ways to do some basic trouble shooting.
- view the system task tray to see if you see this icon
, this icon will indicate if it is actually set to mute.
If your sound is muted, you will need to enable it by right clicking on the muted icon 
By right clicking the muted icon it will bring up the hidden menu and you can select from the two options
- Open Volume Control
- Adjust Audio Properties
Open Volume Control
Adjust Audio Properties
Where you see mute, please uncheck them and see if that helps.
If that does not help please check to see if the volume slider bar is not off.
If the sound is on and you cant figure out whats up with the sound, your sound card could be faulty and i would speak to the manifacture/dealer of the card who sold you it.
This guide is currently being updated and will be changing from time to time and information may not be correct atm.
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